CN110139812A - Container and device for opening for beverage production - Google Patents

Abstract

The system, method and container for being used to form beverage are provided.Container includes closure member, which is arranged to displaceable element, which can move to pierce through film and the drink material in container is allowed to leave.The displaceable element may include piercing element, which pierces through film.It can introduce a gas into container, to force drink material to leave container.Gas inlet port can be set the closure member and be arranged to match with the gas source of beverage dispenser.

Description

Container and device for opening for beverage production

Related application

The application requires to submit on December 1st, 2016 entitled " for beverage production according to 35U.S.C. § 119 U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial Article No. 62/428,900 priority of container and device for opening ", entire contents are by drawing Be integrally incorporated herein.

Background technique

Exemplary system and method described herein are related to container for keeping drink material and for approaching The method of this container.

In history, many self-service utensils have been developed, wherein the user that one cup of fresh coffee is enjoyed in expectation only needs Barrel comprising the instant flavoring agent of powder or capsule are inserted into the self-service utensil.Then, which opens inside machine Barrel or capsule and combine the powder of seasoning with water, to generate desired beverage.

The prior art pierces through these barrels or capsule using multiple and different piercing elements, thus allows to generate desired Beverage.U.S. Patent No. 7,316,178 for authorizing Halliday etc. teach a kind of be used for from comprising one or more beverages The barrel of ingredient prepares the beverage preparation machine of beverage, which includes: the first piercing element, which uses In forming entrance in the barrel being received in beverage preparation machine；And second piercing element, second piercing element are used for Outlet is formed in barrel.According to Halliday, the first piercing element and the second piercing element are formed that list individually can be removed Member, the single removable unit form a part of beverage preparation machine.However, Halliday and other self-service utensils of tradition (piercing element including a part as the utensil) produces the position vulnerable to cross contamination or aseptic reduction.

Summary of the invention

It is related to a kind of container in terms of exemplary system and method, which can be used for making beverage, and such as carbonic acid is drunk Material and/or flavouring beverages, without vapour flavouring beverages, hot flavouring beverages etc..Although not required, but container can make together with beverage dispenser With container and its content can be used to form beverage in the beverage dispenser.In some embodiments, container can keep beverage Material, the drink material can be used for making beverage, such as drink is made by mixing drink material with water or other liquid Material.The drink material being comprised in container may include any suitable drinking production material (drink material), such as be concentrated Syrup, ground coffee or liquid coffee extract, tealeaves, hay medicinal herb tea, powdered beverage concentrate, drying fruit extract Or powder, natural and/or artificial flavoring or pigment, acid, fragrance, viscosity modifier, suspension, antioxidant, it is powdered or The concentration meat soup (bouillon) of liquid or other soup, powdered or liquid medicinal materials (such as powderous vitamin, mineral Matter, bioactive ingredients, drug or other drugs, nutrient and healthcare products etc.), powdered or liquid milk or dairy produce, sweetener, Thickener etc..(as used herein, liquid includes number of mechanisms with " mixing " of drink material, such as by beverage material Extraction of substance and/or liquid are received in other ways from drink in a liquid, from drink material for substance dissolution in material Expect some materials of material or combined in other ways with drink material).

In the one aspect of exemplary system and method, beverage container includes vessel, which has inner space and lead to To the opening of the inner space.In some embodiments, the opening for leading to inner space can be located at the downside or bottom side of vessel Place.For example, vessel may include: bottom；Side wall, the side wall extend upwardly from the bottom portion；And top, the top is in the upper of side wall At portion, and it is open and can be located at bottom.Drink material can be in internally positioned space, and closure member can be attached to device Ware simultaneously closes opening, such as to help to keep drink material in the interior space.Closure member may include: pierceable Film, the closed opening of film sealing institute；And displaceable element, the displaceable element are located in the outside of inner space, this can Moving element can be mobile relative to film.Displaceable element can pierce through film, to allow drink material to leave inner space simultaneously And introduce a gas into inner space, vessel are left to facilitate drink material.In one embodiment, displaceable element can be with It include: piercing element, which can move, to pierce through film；Channel, the channel is for guiding the drink from inner space Expect the flowing of material；And gas inlet port, which is arranged to couples with the gas source of beverage dispenser, and The gas inlet port is delivered gas in inner space by the hole in film, to force in drink material flow channel.

The closure member can engage vessel in different ways, such as be joined to device by being clasped for opening Ware, or by welding, adhesive, be threadedly engaged etc. and to engage vessel.Closure member can have access, and the access is from closure member Top extend to the bottom of closure member, and film can be attached in closure member and/or in the opening of vessel, logical to block Road.In some embodiments, film may include impermeable material piece, such as polymer/foil laminate, foil, polymer sheet Deng.In some cases, closure member may include wall, such as cylindrical wall, which defines the access across closure member, and The wall can include crosspiece at the inner surface of wall, such as the crosspiece to extend internally from inner surface radial direction.Film can be attached to cross Shelves to block access, such as by attaching a film to crosspiece block access to cover the opening formed by crosspiece.

In one embodiment, displaceable element can be positioned in access, and displaceable element can be moved towards film It is dynamic, so that piercing element pierces through film, to open access to flow.In some cases, displaceable element includes disk, which is pacified It dresses up for mobile towards film, and piercing element can be upwardly extended from disk, to pierce through film towards the movement of film using disk. Channel can extend through piercing element, such as to provide the flow path left for drink material.

In some cases, closure member includes retainer, which, which is arranged to, is maintained at first for displaceable element Position and the second place, in the first position, film is not pierced element and pierces through, and in the second position, film is pierced member Part pierces through.This construction can permit user and be readily determined whether container has been used to form beverage, because of for example, positioning Closure member in the second position indicates the use state of the container.

In one embodiment, the gas inlet port of displaceable element may include: annular groove, the annular groove shape At on the bottom side of displaceable element；And one or more gas openings, one or more of gas openings pass through removable Gas, is directed to the upside of displaceable element by dynamic element from annular groove.This arrangement, which can permit, relatively easily to be matched The gas source of beverage dispenser, because annular groove can match in any rotation position of container with the source.In some cases Under, piercing element can upwardly extend on the upside of displaceable element, and be arranged to using displaceable element to moving up It moves and pierces through film.Closure member can be arranged gas in the case where piercing element extends through film from gas inlet port Guidance passes through the space between film and the outside of piercing element.For example, gas can outer surface by piercing element and film Between gap or space enter vessel, and drink material can leave via the channel for passing through piercing element.It is alternative Ground, gas inlet port may include entrance piercing element, which, which is arranged to, utilizes displaceable element direction The movement of film and pierce through film, to introduce gases into inner space.Therefore, gas inlet port can be formed in film and be opened Mouthful, to allow gas into, and piercing element forms the single opening left for drink material in film.

In some embodiments, displaceable element can be connected to the wall of closure member by flexible connector, and the flexibility is even Connecing device allows displaceable element mobile towards vessel open while remaining attached to wall.For example, flexible connector can wrap Annular diaphragm in radial directions with U-shaped section is included, and displaceable element may include be attached at annular diaphragm interior Disk at side.

In some embodiments, container includes the first vessel and the second vessel, wherein the first vessel include drink material, and And second vessel include gas source, which, which is arranged to, issues for dissolving gas-pressurized in the beverage.Such appearance Device with to water or other liquid carbonated with seasoning with formed can be when the beverage dispenser of beverage is used together it is useful. In some embodiments, the second vessel include top surface, which is that can be pierced, to approach gas source, for example, gas Source may include zeolite gas source, which discharges gas in the presence of being arranged in liquid, and beverage dispenser can To pierce through the top surface, to introduce the water into the second vessel, so that carbonating gas leaves the second vessel.

In the another aspect of exemplary system and method, beverage system includes beverage container, which has vessel, The vessel have the inner space comprising drink material and lead to the opening of inner space.Closure member can be attached to vessel and seal Make and break mouth.Beverage dispenser may include container reception part, which, which is arranged to, receives beverage container and use beverage material Material is to distribute beverage.In some embodiments, container reception part may include fixture, which is arranged to engagement beverage container Closure member and force the piercing element of closure member towards the film of the closure of openings of vessel is mobile and pierce through the film.Container connects Addressee can also include pressurized-gas source, which, which is arranged to, forces a gas into vessel, so that drink material Vessel are left via closure member.

Container can be arranged as described above, for example, closure member may include: film, the closed opening of film sealing institute；And Displaceable element, the displaceable element are located in the outside of inner space, which can be mobile relative to film.It is removable Dynamic element may include: piercing element, which can move, to pierce through film；And channel, the channel are come for guiding From the flowing of the drink material of inner space.The gas inlet port of closure member can be arranged the gas-pressurized with beverage dispenser Source couples and is delivered gas in inner space by the hole in film, to force in drink material flow channel.It can also be with Using the other feature of said vesse.

According to being described below and claim, the these and other aspects of exemplary system and method be will be apparent.

Detailed description of the invention

With reference to the following drawings, the aspect of exemplary system and method is described, in the accompanying drawings, identical appended drawing reference indicates Identical element, and wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the perspective view of the illustrative embodiments of beverage container；

Fig. 2 shows the sectional views of the beverage container in embodiment；

Fig. 3 shows the beverage container of Fig. 2, and wherein displaceable element is in upper position；

Fig. 4 shows the top perspective of the displaceable element in Fig. 1 embodiment；

Fig. 5 shows the bottom perspective view of the displaceable element in Fig. 1 embodiment；

Fig. 6 shows the sectional view of the beverage container in another embodiment, which includes by displaceable element It is connected to the diaphragm of closure body；

Fig. 7 is the perspective cross-sectional view of Fig. 6 embodiment；

Fig. 8 shows the sectional view of the container of Fig. 6, which is kept by the container reception part of beverage dispenser；

Fig. 9 shows the system of Fig. 8, and wherein the closure member of container is engaged with the anvil block of beverage dispenser；

Figure 10 shows the schematic diagram of the beverage system in one embodiment；And

Figure 11 shows the perspective view of the beverage system including faucet handles.

Specific embodiment

It should be understood that the aspect of exemplary system and method is described with reference to the attached drawing for showing illustrative embodiments herein. Illustrative embodiments described herein is not necessarily intended to show all embodiments according to exemplary system and method, but uses In the several illustrative embodimentss of description.Therefore, aspect of the invention is not intended to according to illustrative embodiments and is narrowly explained. Furthermore, it is to be understood that can be used alone in terms of exemplary system and method or with any with other aspects of the invention Suitable combination is to use.

Figures 1 and 2 show that the illustrative embodiments of beverage container, combines one of this exemplary system and method Or multiple features.As described in more detail below, which can be used together with beverage dispenser, to form beverage.For example, container 10 may include the vessel 1 for keeping drink material 2, which can be distributed by beverage dispenser from container 10.Drink material 2 Can be mixed with water or other liquid, with form beverage or drink material 2 can be allocated for consumption without being diluted or It is mixed with any other ingredient.As a kind of selection, container 10 may include the second vessel 15, which may include For making drink liquid be full of the pressurized-gas source of carbon dioxide or including that can mix with the drink material 2 in the first vessel 1 Another drink material 2 of conjunction.Both drink materials 2 can be maintained at separated, isolation before being used to form beverage Space in, such as because both materials 2 may not keep if being combined and storing together to manufacture beverage Appropriate form.As an example, the second vessel 15 can accommodate alcohol, and the first vessel 1 include the dense of alcohol-free or low alcohol Contracting object or drink mixes.Closure member 3 can be attached to vessel 1 and be arranged to opening for sealing vessel 1 (and/or vessel 15) Mouthful, until distributing beverage using container 10.Closure member 3, which can be arranged, to be provided to the close of vessel 1, to allow to add Body of calming the anger is introduced into vessel 1, to force drink material 2 to leave vessel 1 by closure member 3.

In an illustrative embodiments, closure member 3 includes: pierceable film, which seals opening for closed vessel 1 Mouthful；And displaceable element, the displaceable element are located in the outside of the inner space of vessel 1 and are removable relative to the film Dynamic.Displaceable element may include: piercing element, which is moveable, to pierce through the film, to allow to connect Nearly inner space；And channel, the channel is for guiding flowing of the drink material from inner space.For example, can be seen in Fig. 2 Out, closure member 3 is attached to vessel 1, to seal the opening 11 of closed vessel 1.In this embodiment, opening 11 and closure member 3 are located at the bottom 12 of vessel 1, but be open 11 and closure member 3 can also be located at side wall 13, its at top 16 or on vessel 1 At its position.Pierceable film 31 (it may include sheet material, metal foil, polymer foil/polymer laminate etc.) can be with It is arranged to the closed opening 11 of sealing.Film 31 can be attached to vessel 1 at opening 11, such as by welding or gluing film 31 It is attached to the edge or antelabium around opening 11 of vessel 1.In this case, it after being secured in position film 31, can will seal The ontology 32 of closing member 3 is attached to vessel 1.Alternatively, film 31 can be clamped or be extruded in the ontology 32 and vessel of closure member 3 Between 1, or it can be attached to closure body 32, which is sealingly attached to vessel 1 in itself.For example, envelope Closing member ontology 32 may include wall (such as cylindrical wall), which defines wears from the top of closure member 3 to the bottom of closure member 3 Cross the access 33 of closure member 3.Crosspiece 34 can be arranged at the inner surface of wall (for example, the crosspiece 34 it is with annular shape and Extend internally from the inner surface radial direction of wall), and film 31 can be attached to crosspiece 34 to occlude or prevent to flow through access 33.At this In embodiment, crosspiece 34 extends radially inwardly with being relatively distant from the wall of ontology 32, with limit opening, but crosspiece 34 can radially to Interior extension lesser extent, such as extend and just do not re-extended as far as the surface for being enough to provide support membrane 31.Under any circumstance, i.e., Film 31 is set to be fixed to vessel 1, closure member 3 could also say that including film 31.Ontology 32 can engage vessel in different ways 1, by being clasped, being interference fitted, screw thread, welding, adhesive etc., and the engagement of closure body 32 and vessel 1 Leakproof seal can be provided, or this sealing (for example, in the case where film 31 is bonded directly to vessel 1) can not be provided.

In order to provide to the close of the inner space of vessel 1 and drink material 2 be allowed to leave, closure member 3 may include can Moving element 35, the displaceable element 35 are located in access 33 and can move in access 33 towards film 31.It is removable Element 35 can carry piercing element 36, so that piercing element 36 pierces through film 31, lead to the drink material from vessel 1 to open The access 33 of 2 flowing.Although displaceable element 35 can be arranged in different ways, in this embodiment, member is moved Part 35 includes disk, which can be mobile towards the top of closure body 32 and opening 11 in access 33.When from top When, disk can have any suitable shape, such as circle, ellipse, square, rectangle, irregular shape or other shapes. Piercing element 36 can upwardly extend on the upside of displaceable element (for example, disk), and be arranged to and utilize displaceable element 35 be moved upward to pierce through film 31.Channel can be set in the inside of piercing element 36, drink material 2 be flowed logical Piercing element 36 is crossed, or one or more channels can be set in the external of piercing element 36, the stream for drink material 2 It is dynamic.For example, piercing element 36 may include the pipe with centre gangway, or it can be arranged pricker, blade, bar or other Structure, these structures are arranged such that drink material 2 can be flowed along the outer surface of piercing element 36.

Closure member can also include gas inlet port, which be arranged to gas from gas access end Mouth is led into the inner space of vessel.Introducing pressurized gas into, which can contribute in vessel, forces drink material from vessel Outflow, for example, drink material be syrup or if should complete in a short period of time drink material distribution in the case where.Gas Body ingress port can be arranged to be matched with the gas source of beverage dispenser, which provides forced air or other gas to vessel Body.For example, in fig. 2 it can be seen that the gas inlet port in the embodiment includes: annular groove 37, the annular groove 37 It is formed on the bottom side of displaceable element 35；And one or more gas openings 38, the gas openings 38 pass through removable member Gas, is directed to the upside of displaceable element 35 by part 35 from annular groove 37.As discussed in more detail below, annular is provided Groove 37 or other rotational symmetry features can make container 10 connect in the container for being placed on beverage dispenser to receive gas-pressurized It is insensitive to its rotational positioning when in addressee.In this embodiment, the gas-pressurized being introduced into annular groove 37 can pass through One or more gas openings 38 are directed into vessel 1.In fig. 3 it can be seen that displaceable element 35 can be upward It is mobile, so that piercing element 36 penetrates film 31, thus provide to the close of the inner space of vessel 1.Pass through gas openings 38 Gas-pressurized can enter the space between displaceable element 35 and film 31, and in this embodiment, the gas-pressurized can To pass through the space between film 31 and the outside of piercing element 36 while piercing element extends through film 31.It introduces a gas into The pressure in vessel 1 can be increased in vessel 1 relative to external environment, this tends to that drink material 2 is forced to leave vessel 1.At this In embodiment, piercing element 36 includes channel, and drink material 2 can be logical via this under the influence of the pressure in vessel 1 Leave vessel 1 in road.If drink material 2 is liquid (such as syrup or other concentrates), increased by introducing gas-pressurized The pressure in vessel 1 is added to can be particularly effective, if drink material 2 is powder or other forms, by introducing pressurization Gas can still provide benefit to increase the pressure in vessel 1.Piercing element 36 can include one or more on its outer surface A groove, to help to direct air flow in vessel 1, but such feature is not required, and gas can be simply Pass through any gap between piercing element 36 and film 31.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 shows the perspective top view and bottom view of the displaceable element 35 in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 embodiment.Scheming In the 4 as can be seen that top side of displaceable element 35 includes one or more supports 351.In this embodiment, support 351 is by cloth It is set to the ring around the periphery of displaceable element 35, and in fig. 3 it can be seen that when displaceable element 35 moves up, The support 351 helps to maintain the gap or air space between displaceable element 35 and crosspiece 34.The air space is to pass through The gas openings 38 and gas for reaching vessel 1 provides flow path.Although in this embodiment, support 351 is arranged cyclization, The ring has the groove being located in inside the ring, but support 351 can be arranged in other ways.For example, support 351 may include One or more upright pins, the groove of one or more radial directed or to be gas at the upper surface of displaceable element 35 The other feature of flow path is provided.

In fig. 5 it can be seen that annular groove 37 is formed by concentric walls, the concentric walls are from displaceable element 35 to downward It stretches.Certainly, annular groove 37 can be formed in other ways, such as and the groove or channel being formed in displaceable element 35 It is formed.However, annular groove 37 is not required and can save, and one or more gas openings 38 can be used only. In this case, beverage dispenser may include that gas-pressurized is supplied to the circular passage or other ports of gas openings 38.

In some embodiments, closure member may include retainer, which, which is arranged to, maintains displaceable element In first position and the second place, in the first position, film is not pierced element and pierces through, in the second position, film quilt Piercing element pierces through.Retainer can prevent the puncture of film, unless applying the power of specific quantity to make the removable member in closure member Part is mobile.Therefore, retainer can contribute to prevent the undesirable puncture of film, such as unexpectedly be pressed by user removable Caused puncture on dynamic element.Embodiment shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 includes the retainer for being arranged to protrusion 39, the protrusion 39 It extends internally from the inner wall of closure body 32.When displaceable element 35 is located at the lower section of protrusion 39 (Fig. 2), protrusion 39 is resisted Displaceable element 35 moves up, unless applying the power of threshold level, such as 5 pounds to 10 pounds of power or bigger power.As general When the power of threshold level is applied to displaceable element 35, displaceable element 35 will be lower by protrusion 39 from first in access 33 Position is moved to the second higher position (Fig. 3).Retainer can keep displaceable element 35 in the second position, to help It is engaged in will puncture through element 36 and be kept into film 31.This can help to provide that gas flows into vessel 1 and drink material is from device Ware 1 flows out, and/or helps to issue the signal that container 10 has been used to be formed beverage to user.That is, being used in container 10 After forming beverage, it may be not easy to will become apparent from container 10 from the other parts of container 10 to have been used.However, passing through The position of closure member 3, specifically displaceable element 35 is observed, user can readily determine that container 10 is previously made With.Although in this embodiment, retainer is formed the annular projection 39 to extend internally from the inner wall of closure body 32, Other arrangements are also possible.For example, retainer can by the discrete lug or pin-shaped that extends from the inner wall of ontology 32 at, or The groove or a series of grooves that person is formed in the inner wall of ontology 32 with cooperating on displaceable element 35 with the groove Annular projection or other elements combine, or be formed other retainers construction.

It is also understood that can be using other arrangements for controlling the movement of displaceable element 35.For example, removable member Part 35 can be by screw thread or the engagement of cam/cam-follower come the inner wall of engaged closed part ontology 32, so that must rotate Displaceable element 35 is so that displaceable element 35 is mobile towards film 31.In one embodiment, screw thread or cam engagement can be by It is configured so that displaceable element 35 can make displaceable element 35 mobile relative to 90 degree of rotations of ontology 32, so that piercing through member Part 36 pierces through film 31, to allow drink material 2 to leave.The rotation of displaceable element 35 or closure body 32 can be by beverage dispenser Or user (such as by rotating vessel 1) Lai Shixian.For example, displaceable element 35 can have and engage with barrel receiving element Tab or other feature, so that displaceable element 35 is remain stationary when user rotates vessel 1.This rotation can cause The puncture of film 31, to allow close to the inside of container 10.

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 shows another illustrative embodiments of container 10.In this embodiment, closure member 3 is arranged to It is engaged by being clasped with vessel 1.Alternatively, as described above, closure member 3 can by any retention mechanism (including but It is not limited by welding, adhesive, is threadedly engaged) engagement vessel 1.The upper end of closure body 32 includes engagement features 41, Such as tooth or other types of engagement features, the engagement features 41 with opening 11 near vessel 1 on corresponding tooth or its The engagement of its engagement features.In this embodiment, closure body 32 can be crushed on vessel 1, so that engagement features 41 and device Ware 1 engages, and closure member 3 is maintained on vessel 1.Engagement features 41 can also be clamped in closure body 32 and vessel 1 it Between film 31, to seal the inner space of closed vessel.Alternatively, film 31 can for example pass through welding or adhesive It is directly attached to vessel 1 or ontology 32.Engagement features 41 can provide the tamper sealing-in resisted and remove closure member 3 from vessel 1 It closes, and if closure member 3 removed from vessel 1, the other parts possibility of engagement features 41 and/or closure member 3 or vessel 1 It can rupture or be otherwise deformed or change, to prevent closure member 3 to be re-engaged with vessel 1.

There is also flexible connectors 40 in the embodiment of Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, and the flexible connector 40 is in displaceable element 35 and envelope Between the ontology 32 of closing member.In this embodiment, flexible connector 40 include in radial directions with U-shaped section annular every Film.This device is at least sometimes referred to as rolling diaphragm, and this device is connected to displaceable element at the inside of diaphragm 35 and place is connected to ontology 32 on the outside.This device allows 35 (in this case, displaceable element 35 of displaceable element Including disk) phase while remaining attached to ontology 32 and maintaining the sealing between the region outside access 33 and closure member 3 It is mobile for ontology 32.It is this sealing can contribute to guidance drink material 2 directly flow to and pass through piercing element 36 or its Its desired flow path.The presence of flexible connector 40 allows the monolithic structure of closure member 3 and allows displaceable element It is translated in the case where not separating monolithic structure.It is this to construct the function of allowing the geometry due to closure member 3 and carry out Translation, this is a kind of construction for being referred to as compliant mechanism.When the input power on displaceable element 35, displaceable element 35 with The deformation of flexible connector and translate and allow this translation.Flexible connector 40 can by have than closure member 3 its Point thin section of remaining part allows to deform and thus allows displaceable element by being formed by independent and more flexible material etc. 35 translation.It is furthermore noted that the embodiment does not include 351 feature of support.In this embodiment, flexible connector 40 limits removable Dynamic element 35 moves up, so that the upper surface of displaceable element 35 not contact membranes 31, alternatively, flexible connector 40 can be done Film 31 is disturbed, to help to maintain the suitable gap between displaceable element 35 and film 31, to allow gas to flow into vessel 1.

Another is characterized in shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, and displaceable element 35 includes entrance piercing element 42, entrance thorn It wears element 42 and is arranged to and pierce through film 31 towards the movement of film 31 with displaceable element 35, to introduce gases into vessel 1 Inner space in.Similar to piercing element 36, entrance piercing element 42 is upwardly extended from displaceable element 35 (for example, disk), And hole can be formed in film 31, be provided to the gas of gas supply port (for example, annular groove 37 and gas openings 38) Body can flow through the hole.Piercing element 36 and entrance piercing element 42 can be disposed such that with displaceable element 35 Mobile towards film 31, piercing element 36 pierces through film 31 first.By this method, if the pressure in vessel 1 is more than environmental pressure, Drink material 2 will flow through the opening formed by piercing element 36, rather than flows through and formed by entrance piercing element 42 Hole.

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 shows the container of Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 and engages with the container reception part of beverage dispenser.In this embodiment, hold Device receiving element 5 includes basketry 51, and container 10 can be placed in the basketry 51.Basketry 51, which is installed into, vertically to be moved, and And it is spring-biased to position shown in fig. 8 upward.Spring biasing on basketry 51 be it is sufficiently tight, to support container 10 weight, therefore container 10 and basketry 51 keep closing in position as shown in fig. 8 until by container reception part 5.As general When container reception part 5 is closed, lid 52 can be downwardly against on basketry 51, thus force basketry 51 to resist spring biasing and to moving down It is dynamic.Moving down for basketry 51 makes clamping element 53 resist spring biasing and move inward, and the spring biasing usually promotes to press from both sides Tight element 53 is displaced outwardly.However, basketry 51 makes clamping element 53 with the moving down for clamping element 53 for being installed to basketry 51 Outer end advance along inclined surface 54, which inwardly pushes clamping element 53.This allows 53 acquirer of clamping element The flange 14 of ware 1, so that flange 14 is trapped between the lower part of basketry 51 and clamping element 53.Basketry 51,53 and of clamping element The container 10 captured continues to move down the anvil block 55 for making displaceable element 35 contact container reception part 5, which makes Displaceable element 35 moves up, so that piercing element 36 and entrance piercing element 42 pierce through film 31.Displaceable element 35 also connects Anvil block 55 is closed, so that annular groove 37 and anvil block 55 are sealingly engaged, gas-pressurized is allowed to be transported to gas by gas source 56 In ingress port and entrance vessel 1.This makes drink material 2 via piercing element 36 (for example, channel in piercing element 36) Vessel 1 are left, for being assigned directly in the cup of user or being assigned to for mixing drink material 2 and water or other liquid In the mixing chamber of conjunction.After being assigned with drink material 2, it can be lifted lid 52, to allow the spring biasing on basketry 51 will Basketry 51 moves up and allows clamping element 53 to be displaced outwardly to discharge container 10.In this embodiment, gas source 56 is in anvil It include annular groove 57 in the upper surface of seat 55, which is arranged to 57 phase of annular groove with displaceable element 35 Matching.However, this is not required, and gas source 56 can include one or more holes in the upper surface of anvil block 55, with Gas-pressurized is transported to annular groove 57.

It should be appreciated that container reception part 5 is not necessarily limited to embodiment described herein.For example, container reception part 5 can be with It opens and closes in any suitable manner, to allow to be placed on container 10 in container reception part 5 and/or from container receiving element 5 remove.In one embodiment, container reception part 5 may include lid, which is pivotally mounted to the reception of container reception part 5 Part or basketry part, and the lid manually (such as can be passed through handle and linkage arrangement) or automatically (such as pass through electricity Machine driver) it opens and closes, to close container reception part 5.Certainly, lid 52 can be arranged in other ways, can such as lead to Cross threaded connection (such as screw lid), by making basketry part relative to lid movement while lid is remain stationary, passing through cover With the mobile equal of basketry part and and lower bond.In addition, container reception part 5 is not necessarily required to there is lid and basketry arrangement, generation Alternately, container reception part 5 can have cooperation to open/close and support any suitable one or more components of container. For example, a pair of of clamshell style component can be moved relative to each other, to allow the reception of container and the physical support of container.Such as United States Patent (USP) 6,142,063；6,606,938；Some other illustrative containers are shown in 6,644,173 and 7,165,488 Holder device.

Figure 10 shows the schematic diagram of beverage system 100, the beverage system 100 can with combine system and method The container 10 of example feature is used together.In the illustrative embodiments, precursor liquids (such as water) are by originating from reservoir 111 In precursor liquids source 101 provide, can by the reservoir 111 from system 100 remove for example with allow easier filling, or The reservoir 111 can be secured in position.Although in this embodiment, user provides beverage precursor liquid first in reservoir 111 Body, but precursor liquids source 101 may include to reservoir 111 provide liquid other components (such as plummet water pipeline, controlled valve and Liquid level sensor), it is fluidly connected to so that reservoir 111 is filled into desired horizontal, the second water receiver of filling or is filled automatically Other tanks of reservoir 111, and precursor liquids source 101 may include other arrangements.Liquid is defeated via triple valve 151c by pump 113 It is sent to carbonation tank 106.In this case, pump 113 is spiral-coil pump, but other pump types are also possible.It can be used Any suitable control method (such as, is come by using conducting probe, pressure sensor, optical sensor or other sensors Liquid level in sensing carbonation tank 106) suitably to fill carbonation tank 106 with liquid.Tank row can be opened during filling Valve 151b is put, can keep closing during filling to allow to discharge pressure or tank drain valve 151b in carbonation tank 106 It closes, such as to allow the accumulated pressure in carbonation tank 106.Although being not shown in Figure 10, control loop can control valve 151 Operation, for example, valve 151 may include electromechanical actuator or other actuators and including to detect various characteristics (such as Temperature in carbonation tank 106, the pressure in carbonation tank 106, the gas in any system flow pipeline or liquid flow velocity Deng) sensor.

In order to form beverage, user can for example by such as about Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 discussion in a manner of container 10 loaded Keep container 10 associated with system 100 into container reception part 5.However, in this embodiment, container 10 includes as described above The lower pot 1 and upper pot 15 of ground arrangement, the upper pot 15 include gas source, which is arranged in pressure Lower release carbon dioxide or other gases are for dissolving in a liquid, such as making aqueous carbonate.Using with 100 phase of system Then liquid can be delivered to upper pot 15, such as to cause with activation system 100 by associated container 10, control loop Generate carbon dioxide.Although (the present embodiment uses the container 10 with the gas source by liquid activation, and other arrangements are also can Can, including use pressurized cylinder as gas source.) control loop can presence for example based on detection container 10, detection carbon The closing of liquid and container reception part 5 and/or the other feature of system 100 in souring tank 106 and open in an automatic fashion The operation of dynamic system 100.Alternatively, control loop can be mentioned in response to user's started by press button or in other ways Start beverage preparation for input (for example, passing through voice activation) come activation system operation.

In order to start carbonating, drain valve 151b can be closed, and control triple valve 151c, to allow to pump 113 for liquid Body is pumped into the upper pot 15 comprising gas source.That is, system 100 may include carbon dioxide activation fluid source, The carbon dioxide activates fluid source to provide fluid to upper pot 15, to activate the carbon dioxide source in upper pot 15, with Carbon dioxide gas.In this embodiment, carbon dioxide source includes the adsorbent or molecular sieve of electrification, such as has adsorbed The zeolitic material of a certain amount of carbon dioxide gas, these carbon dioxide gas are water (no matter water is steam or liquid form) In the presence of discharge.Of course, it is possible to which such as charcoal or other molecular screen materials, carbon are received using other carbon dioxide source materials Mitron, metal organic framework, covalent organic framework, porous polymer, or the source by chemical means generation carbon dioxide It material, such as sodium bicarbonate and citric acid (if bicarbonate and acid are initially dried forms, water is added), the dioxy that compresses Change carbon bottled gas etc..In addition, be not necessarily limited to be used together with carbon dioxide gas in terms of exemplary system and method, and It is that can be used together with any suitable gas nitrogen, oxygen, air etc. being dissolved in beer or other beverages.Cause This, mention " carbonating ", " carbon dioxide source ", " carbon dioxide activation fluid source " etc. be not necessarily to be construed as only with carbon dioxide one Rise using exemplary system and method and/or any embodiment it is restricted for the use of.Instead, exemplary system and method Aspect can be used together with any suitable gas.

In one embodiment, the adsorbent of electrification is zeolite, such as analcime, chabasie, clinoptilolite, heulandite, Sodalite, phillipsite or foresite.Zeolite can be natural or synthetic, and be able to maintain up to by weight The carbon dioxide of meter about 18% or more.Zeolitic material can be arranged in any suitable form, be such as arranged to solid Block (such as disk-form) or spherical shape, cube, irregular or other suitable shapes particle etc..Allow zeolite flow or Flowable arrangement (such as spheric granules) can be used for packing zeolite in a separate container.This arrangement can permit boiling Stone flows into container from hopper, to for example simplify manufacturing process.The surface area of zeolite granular can also be arranged with and be helped The rate for controlling zeolite carbon dioxide gas, because higher surface area measurements usually increase gas production rates. In general, zeolitic material will discharge adsorbed carbon dioxide in the presence of the water of liquid or vaporous form, to allow to pass through Liquid water is added to zeolite and activates zeolite with carbon dioxide gas.

In this embodiment, carbon dioxide activation fluid source includes the pipeline for being fluidly coupled to 113 and valve 151c of pump, the pipe Road can be controlled so as to open/close or control in other ways in precursor liquids inflow upper pot 15.That is, can be with It is arranged to single pump that precursor liquids to be transported to carbonation tank and fluid conveying will be activated to gas source.Carbon dioxide activation The other arrangements or attachment of fluid source are the dedicated liquids for upper pot 15 that is possible, such as separating with precursor liquids source The flow restrictor in decompression member, pipeline in source, pipeline, instruction enter the amount and/or flow velocity of fluid in vessel 15 Flowmeter, syringe, piston pump or liquid desired amount (the either water, citric acid or other that can be metered into vessel 15 Material) other positive displacement devices etc..In another embodiment, activation fluid source may include gravity feed fluid supply, should Gravity feed fluid supply has controllable delivery rate, is such as used for patient in hospital offer liquid together with intravenous line The drip type liquid delivery system used is the same or the activation fluid source can spray the water or other liquid of atomization, with to Upper pot 15 provides water vapour or other gas phases activate fluid.

Carbon dioxide gas source, which can be arranged, provides carbon dioxide gas to using the gas from upper pot 15 Come the region for being acidified liquid carbon, in this case, the region is carbonation tank 106.It can be in any suitable manner Arrange gas source, and in the illustrative embodiments, gas source includes being fluidly coupled to upper pot 15 and carbonation tank 106 Carbonated liquid outlet between pipeline.Gas control valve 151d can be controlled by control loop, be passed through with opening and closing The flow path of gas supply pipe.(note that in some embodiments, gas control valve 151d can be can not be by controlling The check-valves of circuit control.)

Gas source may include other components other than pipeline and valve, such as pressure regulator, safety valve, additional control Valve processed, compressor or pump (for example, to increase the pressure of gas), accumulator are (for example, to help to maintain relative constant gas Pressure and/or storage gas) etc..(it is defeated by container that control can be avoided the need for using accumulator or similar gas storage device Gas velocity out.Instead, can permit gas source and gas be discharged in uncontrolled mode, discharged in gas stored up There are in accumulator, used for conveying later and in production effervescent beverage.The gas discharged from accumulator can be with Controlled mode (such as under controlled pressure and/or flow velocity) release.) in addition, the carbonating of precursor liquids can be via one A or multiple mechanisms or technique and occur, therefore it is not limited to a special process.Although for example, carbon dioxide gas is conveyed It can play the role of facilitating carbon dioxide solubility in a liquid to the outlet of carbonation tank 106, but other system units Carbonation can further be assisted.In some embodiments, bubbler can be used to introduce gases into carbonation tank, Precursor liquids can be made to recycle in the tank, and/or other technologies can be used to change the speed of carbonating gas dissolution Rate.

Before, during and/or after the carbonating of the liquid in carbonation tank 106, system 107 can make liquid cold But.As set forth above, it is possible to cooling system 7 be operated in any suitable manner, for example, cooling system 7 may include and carbonate Ice, refrigeration coil or the other cooling elements that tank 106 thermally contacts.In addition, carbonation tank 106 may include mixer or other stir Device is mixed, so that liquid moves in carbonation tank 106, to enhance gas dissolution and/or cooling.The operation for forming beverage can be held Continuous preset amount, or other conditions, the gas yield of the carbonization level such as detected, upper pot 15 can be based on Decline or other parameters.During operation, it can control the amount of liquid for being supplied to upper pot 15 to control gas output.It can With based on timing (for example, turning off valve after valve 151c can be opened for a period of time for a period of time etc.), based on the pressure detected Power when the pressure in carbonation tank 106 is more than threshold value (for example, stop liquid can supply, and when the pressure drops to the threshold Restore liquid supply when below value or another value), the volume based on the activation liquid for being transported to upper pot 15 is (for example, can The liquid of designated volume is transported to vessel 15 with one or more discrete volumes) or other arrangements liquid is provided to control To upper pot 15.

In the case that precursor liquids in carbonation tank 106 get out distribution, drain valve 151b can be opened, by carbon Pressure in souring tank 106 is reduced to environmental pressure.As it is known in the art, before a distribution can be with to carbonation tank decompression Facilitate the expectation carbonization level for maintaining liquid during distribution.In the case where racking up carbonation tank 106, can close Drain valve 151b and can open pump drain valve 151a.It is then possible to which pump operation 113 is with by air or other gas suction pumps 113 entrance side simultaneously pumps gas into carbonation tank 106, to force the precursor liquids in carbonation tank 106 to flow into distribution In pipeline 138.When pump 113 delivers air to carbonation tank, distributing valve 151e is opened during liquid distribution and is closed Gas control valve 151d.The liquid distributed can enter mixing chamber 109, carbonated liquid and the lower pot 1 from container 10 The drink material 2 of offer combines at the mixing chamber.It can be for example, by introducing pressurized gas into vessel 1 by air pump 143 In to by drink material from vessel 1 remove and be moved to mixing chamber 109.

It is cooled to control the carbonization level of precursor liquids, liquid that one or more sensors can be used in control loop To temperature (if necessary to cooling), drink material is transported to mixing chamber 109 time and the period, generate carbonating gas And it is transported to the rate of carbonation tank 106 and/or the other aspects of drinking production technique.For example, temperature sensor It can detecte the temperature of the precursor liquids in carbonation tank 106.This information can be used for control system operation, for example, warmer Warm precursor liquids temperature, which can be such that control loop increases, allows carbon dioxide gas to be dissolved in the time quantum in precursor liquids.? In other arrangements, the temperature of precursor liquids can be used to determine whether to be acidified liquid carbon operating system 100.For example, one In a little arrangements, before system 100 will operate, user may need to add to reservoir 111 cold liquid appropriate (and/or Ice).(as described above, in some conditions, the precursor liquids temperature of relative warmth may prevent liquid from being fully carbonated.) In another embodiment, pressure sensor can be used for detecting the pressure in carbonation tank 106.This information can be used for really Determine whether carbonation tank 106 is appropriately filled, whether completes with the presence or absence of pressure leakage, carbonating and/or for true Determine whether upper pot 15 produces enough carbon dioxide gas.For example, low detection pressure can indicate to need to generate more Carbon dioxide, and control loop is therefore made to allow by activation fluid source more liquid to be transported to upper pot 15.Equally Ground, high pressure can be such that the liquid flowing from activation fluid source is slowed or stopped.Therefore, control loop can be defeated by controlling The amount of liquid of upper pot 15 is sent to control the gas pressure in other regions of carbonation tank 106 and/or system 100.It can Alternatively, low pressure can have leakage in instruction system, and can make the presence of system instruction mistake.In some embodiments In, measured pressure can indicate the completion of carbonating.For example, initially can detecte at the pressure in carbonation tank 106 In high level (for example, about 70psi to 80psi), and then due to gas dissolution can detecte carbonation tank in a liquid Pressure in 106 is in low-level (for example, about 40psi).The detection of low pressure can indicate the completion of carbonating.

Control loop, which can also be arranged to, allows user to limit carbonization level (that is, the gas of the dissolution in beverage The amount of (either carbon dioxide or other gases)).For example, control loop may include touch-screen display or other users Interface allows user to limit desired carbonization level, such as by allowing user to select 1,2,3,4 or 5 carbonic acid Change volume level or selection it is low, in or one of high carbonization level limit desired carbonization level.By system 100 containers used may include enough gaseous source materials, and can select highest carbonization level, but control loop can It will be dissolved in the beverage with the consistent gas flow of selected level with control system.Although for example, can be by all containers all It is arranged for generating "high" carbonated beverages, but control loop can be with operating system 100 with the use when making beverage carbonation Less available gas (or the gas for keeping gas source emission as few as possible).It can be based on the carbonating water that sensor detects It is flat, in carbonation tank 6 or pressure that other places detect, the gas flow exported by container 10 or other feature control carbon Acidification is horizontal.

In another embodiment, container 10 may include the label that can be read by controller, such as RFID label tag, item Shape code, alphanumeric character string etc., the label indicate the carbonization level for being ready to use in beverage.The carbon from container 10 is being determined After acidification is horizontal, control loop can correspondingly control system 100.Therefore, user does not need by mutual with system 100 Effect can be based on selected beverage to select carbonization level to automatically adjust carbonization level.In another reality It applies in example, user can select and the matched gas source vessel 15 of the desired carbonization level of user.It (can be by device There is different amounts of gas source in ware 15 and different carbonization levels is provided in different containers.) for example, can will provide The container 10 of low, medium and high carbonization level is arranged to be selected by user, and user can select and desired carbon The horizontal matched container 10 of acidification, and user can provide selected container to system.It is thereby possible to select label is The gas source vessel 15 of " low " and it is used together with system, to generate the beverage of low-level carbonating.

Alternatively, can permit user by some way with the 10 phase interaction of container to be used by system 100 For limiting the characteristic of beverage to be prepared.For example, can change or be formed tab, the recess or other of container 10 by user Physical features, to indicate desired beverage characteristics.For example, the tab of the rupture as caused by user, sliding block indicator, container 10 A part on the drink that can indicate desired carbonization level, be used to form beverage such as capped or uncovered perforation Expect material amount (wherein system 100 is controllable, with use in container all or less than drink material form beverage) etc. Deng.Feature in container 10 can also be used by control loop, with the feature of detection container 10, the beverage formed or be Other components of system 100.

Container 10 can be made of any suitable material, and be not necessarily limited to herein shown in construction.For example, holding Device 10 can be made or with other sides the material of the barrier of moisture and/or gas (oxygen, vapor etc.) by providing Formula includes providing the material of the barrier to moisture and/or gas.In one embodiment, container 10 can be by polymer laminate It is made, the polymer laminate is for example (all by including polystyrene, polypropylene layer and/or evoh layer and/or other barrier materials Such as metal foil) thin plate formed.In one embodiment, container 10 is injection-molded.In addition, the material of container 10 and/or Construction can the material according to included in container 10 and change.For example, the part comprising gaseous source materials of container 10 may Firm damp-proof layer is needed, and drink material part may not be needed so high moisture resistance.Therefore, container can be by different It material and/or is made in different ways.In addition, the inside of container 10 can be differently configured according to desired function. Therefore, as used herein, " container " can take any suitable form, and such as pod is (for example, by the phase of material package Anti- filter paper layer), capsule, pouch, packaging or any other arrangement.Container 10 can have the shape of restriction, or can not The shape (the case where such as some pouches or other packagings are fabricated from a flexible material completely) that there is restriction.The container can be impermeable Gas and/or impenetrable liquid, or can permit water and/or air enters in the container.

According to the one aspect of exemplary system and method, container includes can be by beverage production system or other indicators The indicator that reader is read.As unrestricted illustrated examples, indicator can be RFID label tag, bar code, letter Digit strings, taggant, taggant ink or other suitable indicators.Indicator can be used for beverage production system or Any suitable information is provided to another reader.For example, indicator can notify include in beverage production system container The type of content, such as specific taste, volume, only gas or only drink material, it is suitable that this can be such that beverage production system executes Together in the operation of the content.In some embodiments, indicator can provide product certification, the information that expires and/or manufacture letter Breath, such as lot number and manufacturing facility.

Figure 11 shows the beverage system 100 in embodiment, which includes faucet handles 122, and can be with It is used together with other modification versions of any of the above-described kind of container 10 or container 10.As an example, can be in the system of Figure 11 Using the component of system 100 shown in Figure 10, or other constructions can be used.In this embodiment, system 100 includes holding Device receiving element 5, the container reception part 5 are arranged at the top of rack, which can be with the appearance that is placed on container reception part 5 Device 10 engages.Container reception part 5 can be arranged in a manner of being similar to shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, that is, container reception part 5 can wrap It includes and engages and moved to open container 10 with the component for distributing drink material 2 with container 10.In another embodiment, Container reception part 5 can engage (such as screw thread or other similar connections) by torsional mode come engagement container 10.For example, closing The other parts of part 3 or container 10 may include screw thread, bayonet connector or be configured to complementary with container reception part 5 special Levy other arrangements (such as screw thread or other twisting locked arrangements, the groove to receive bayonet element or other openings of engagement Deng).Therefore, container 10 can be placed on container reception part 5 by user, and then by reversing relative to receiving element 5 Container 10 engages container 10 with receiving element 5.This movement can be used for opening container 10 to be used to be allocated, for example, It can be relative to the displaceable element of the mobile closure member 3 of film 31, so that film 31 is pierced the puncture of element 36.Alternatively, container 10 can engage with receiving element 5, and can make can for other movements (such as user pulls faucet handles 122 or by lower button) Moving element 35 is mobile to open container 10, for being allocated.This movement can also make system 100 introduce a gas into appearance In device 10, to cause the distribution of drink material 2, such as drink material 2 is assigned to the water or other liquid being used for carbonating It in mixed mixing chamber and then dispenses a beverage into the cup of user.

So describe several aspects of at least one embodiment of the exemplary system and method, it should be understood that It is that those skilled in the art will readily occur to different changes, variations and modifications.Such change, variations and modifications are intended to A part of this disclosure, and be intended in the spirit and scope in exemplary system and method.Therefore, foregoing description and attached drawing Only it is used as example.

Claims (30)

1. a kind of beverage container, comprising:

Vessel, the vessel have inner space and lead to the opening of the inner space；

Drink material, the drink material are located in the inner space；And

Closure member, the closure member are attached to the vessel and close the opening, and the closure member includes: pierceable film, The closed opening of the film sealing institute；And displaceable element, the displaceable element are located in the outside of the inner space, The displaceable element can be mobile relative to the film, and the displaceable element includes: piercing element, the piercing element energy It is enough mobile to pierce through the film；Channel, the channel are used to guide the flowing of the drink material from the inner space；And Gas inlet port, the gas inlet port are coupled to the gas source of beverage dispenser and are configured to by the film Hole delivers gas in the inner space, to force the drink material to flow into the channel.

2. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the vessel include: bottom；Side wall, the side wall is from described Bottom upwardly extends；And top, at the top of the side wall, and wherein, the opening is located at the bottom at the top At portion.

3. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the closure member is engaged using the opening is snapped into To the vessel.

4. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the closure member has access, and the access is from the closing The bottom of the closure member is extended at the top of part, and the film is attached in the closure member to block the access.

5. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the film includes impermeable material piece.

6. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the closure member includes wall, and the wall is limited across the envelope The access of closing member, the wall include the crosspiece at the inner surface of the wall, and wherein, and the film is attached to the crosspiece with stifled Fill in the access.

7. beverage container according to claim 6, wherein the displaceable element is located in the access and can It is mobile towards the film, so that the piercing element pierces through the film to open the access to flow.

8. beverage container according to claim 7, wherein the closure member includes retainer, and the retainer will be described Displaceable element is maintained at first position and the second place, and in the first position, the film is not by the piercing element It pierces through, in the second position, the film is pierced through by the piercing element.

9. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the gas inlet port includes: annular groove, the annular Groove is limited on the bottom side of the displaceable element；And one or more gas openings, the gas openings pass through institute Displaceable element is stated, gas is directed to the upside of the displaceable element from the annular groove.

10. beverage container according to claim 9, wherein the piercing element from the upper side of the displaceable element to Upper extension and it is arranged to and is moved upward to pierce through the film using the displaceable element, the closure member is arranged to Gas is guided from the gas inlet port by the film in the case where the piercing element extends through the film Space between the outside of the piercing element.

11. beverage container according to claim 10, wherein the channel is arranged on the inside of the piercing element, The drink material is enabled to flow through the piercing element.

12. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the closure member includes wall, and the wall is limited across the envelope The access of closing member, the wall include upper end, and the upper end is attached to the vessel in the opening, and the displaceable element is logical It crosses flexible connector and is connected to the wall, the flexible connector allows the displaceable element remaining attached to the wall It is moved simultaneously towards the opening.

13. beverage container according to claim 12, wherein the flexible connector includes having U in radial directions The annular diaphragm of tee section, and the displaceable element includes the disk being attached at the inside of the annular diaphragm.

14. beverage container according to claim 12, wherein the film is maintained at the wall and institute in the opening It states between vessel.

15. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the gas inlet port includes entrance piercing element, described Entrance piercing element, which is arranged to, pierces through the film towards the movement of the film using the displaceable element, and gas is drawn Enter in the inner space.

16. beverage container according to claim 15, wherein the entrance piercing element is from the upper of the displaceable element Side upwardly extends and is arranged to using the moving up for displaceable element and pierces through the film, and the closure member is by cloth It is set in the case where the entrance piercing element extends through the film and guides gas by piercing in the film and the entrance Wear the space between the outside of element.

17. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the displaceable element includes disk, and the disk is installed into use In mobile towards the film.

18. beverage container according to claim 17, wherein the piercing element is upwardly extended from the disk.

19. beverage container according to claim 18, wherein the channel extends through the piercing element.

20. beverage container according to claim 17 further includes entrance piercing element, the entrance piercing element is from described Disk, which upwardly extends and is arranged to, pierces through the film towards the movement of the film using the disk, described to introduce a gas into In inner space.

21. beverage container according to claim 17, wherein the gas inlet port includes: annular groove, the ring Connected in star is formed on the bottom side of the disk；And one or more gas openings, the gas openings pass through the disk, it will Gas is directed to the upside of the disk from the annular groove.

22. beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the vessel are the first vessel,

The beverage container further includes the second vessel for being attached to first vessel, and second vessel include gas source, The gas source, which is arranged to, to be issued for dissolving gas-pressurized in the beverage.

23. beverage container according to claim 22, wherein second vessel include top surface, the top surface energy It is enough to be pierced to approach the gas source.

24. beverage container according to claim 22, wherein the gas source includes zeolite gas source, the zeolite gas Body source is arranged in that there are discharge gas when liquid.

25. a kind of beverage system, comprising:

Beverage container, the beverage container include vessel, and the vessel have inner space and lead to opening for the inner space Mouthful；Drink material, the drink material are located in the inner space；And closure member, the closure member are attached to the device Ware simultaneously closes the opening；And

Beverage dispenser, the beverage dispenser include container reception part, the container reception part be arranged to receive the beverage container with Beverage is distributed using the drink material, the container reception part includes fixture, and the fixture is arranged to the engagement drink The closure member of the material container and film for forcing the piercing element of the closure member towards the opening for closing the vessel is mobile and pierce The film is worn, the container reception part further includes pressurized-gas source, and the pressurized-gas source, which is arranged to, forces a gas into institute It states in vessel so that the drink material leaves the vessel via the closure member.

26. beverage system according to claim 25, wherein the closure member include: sealing closed opening institute State film；And displaceable element, the displaceable element are located in the outside of the inner space, the displaceable element can Mobile relative to the film, the displaceable element includes: that can move to pierce through the piercing element of the film；And it is logical Road, flowing of the channel to guide the drink material from the inner space.

27. beverage system according to claim 26, wherein the closure member includes gas inlet port, the gas Ingress port, which is arranged to, to be coupled with the pressurized-gas source of the beverage dispenser and is transported to gas by the hole in the film In the inner space, to force the drink material to flow into the channel.

28. beverage system according to claim 27, wherein the closure member includes wall, and the wall is limited across described The access of closure member, and wherein, the fixture is arranged to the engagement wall, to promote the displaceable element described in Film is mobile.

29. beverage system according to claim 28, wherein the displaceable element be positioned in the access and Can be mobile towards the film, so that the piercing element pierces through the film to open the access to flow.

30. beverage system according to claim 29, wherein the closure member includes retainer, and the retainer is by cloth It is set to and the displaceable element is maintained at first position and the second place, in the first position, the film is not by institute Piercing element puncture is stated, in the second position, the film is pierced through by the piercing element.